10 Facts About Maumee River

Maumee River is a river running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie.

The Maumee River watershed is Ohio's breadbasket; it is two-thirds farmland, mostly corn and soybeans.

Maumee River is an anglicized spelling of the Ottawa or Odawa name for the Miami tribe,.

The Odawa had a village at the mouth of the Maumee River and occupied other territory in northwestern Ohio, including along its tributary, the Blanchard River.

Dispute over control of part of the Maumee River region led to the so-called Toledo War between Ohio and the Michigan Territory.

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Agricultural practices along the Maumee River have contributed in the 21st century to high phosphate levels in Lake Erie.

Maumee River watershed was once part of the Great Black Swamp, a remnant of Glacial Lake Maumee, the proglacial ancestor of Lake Erie.

The Miami and Erie Canal was built parallel to and north of the Maumee River between Toledo and Defiance, Ohio, to enable extended transportation of shipped goods.

The Maumee covers 8,316 square miles and has the largest drainage area of any Great Lakes river.

The Maumee AOC is contained within 775 square miles of the river and includes several creeks.